Santa Rosa Sound (via nearby bridges and causeways)

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coastal water body estuarine system sound

Santa Rosa Sound is a narrow coastal body of water along the Florida Panhandle that separates the mainland from Santa Rosa Island and connects to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Santa Rosa Sound 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal water body ⓘ
estuarine system ⓘ
sound ⓘ
borderedBy Okaloosa County, Florida ⓘ
Santa Rosa County, Florida ⓘ
connectedBy Choctawhatchee Bay ⓘ
Pensacola Bay ⓘ
connectsTo Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
geomorphology narrow lagoon-like channel ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity recreational fisheries ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasHabitat salt marshes ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
hasNearbyBridgeOrCauseway Bob Sikes Bridge ⓘ
Brooks Bridge ⓘ
Navarre Beach Causeway ⓘ
Pensacola Bay Bridge ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Fort Walton Beach ⓘ
surface form: Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Gulf Breeze, Florida ⓘ
Navarre, Florida ⓘ
Pensacola, Florida ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Santa Rosa Island ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Gulf Islands National Seashore (Florida District) ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Islands National Seashore
hasWildlife dolphins ⓘ
estuarine fish species ⓘ
sea turtles ⓘ
shorebirds ⓘ
isPartOfCoast Emerald Coast ⓘ
locatedIn Florida ⓘ
Florida Panhandle ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
managedBy state and local environmental agencies ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Mexico watershed

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
surface form: Intracoastal Waterway

Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Northern Gulf Coast estuaries
salinity variable ⓘ
separatedFrom Gulf of Mexico by Santa Rosa Island ⓘ
separates Florida Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Florida mainland

Santa Rosa Island ⓘ
subjectTo coastal erosion processes ⓘ
hurricane impacts ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
recreational boating ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
waterType brackish water ⓘ

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U.S. Route 98 in Santa Rosa County, Florida → crosses → Santa Rosa Sound (via nearby bridges and causeways) ⓘ